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cadetat6
03-25-05, 11:58 AM
Who played the part of Tarzan in the movies?
sm@@thrider
03-25-05, 12:11 PM
A man in a leopard skin toga. Which movie? Which year?
Osotogary
03-25-05, 12:17 PM
Johnny Weismueller(?)
Buster Crabbe
Ron Ely(?)
There was also a guy that played James Bond once, I forget his name, but he was also a Tarzan. I think he played pro football briefly. Me thinks his name was George Lazenby
There were also the "TV" Tarzans. I rember seeing them but I can't recall their names.
What I wanna know is who played Cheeta all these years? LOL
cadetat6
03-25-05, 01:59 PM
all movies, first one was 1918, ( Elmo Lincoln)
Johnny was best known, Buster & Ron played also
I was always more interested in Jane.
HardJedi
03-25-05, 03:08 PM
lets see, casper van diem also played tarzan
HardJedi
03-25-05, 03:09 PM
as did christopher lambert
Sgt0811
03-25-05, 06:51 PM
There was one named Gordon. Cant think of his first name.
Osotogary
03-25-05, 06:54 PM
Gordon Scott?
Sgt0811
03-25-05, 08:15 PM
Thats him.
Cheetah played Cheetah, honestly, I remember reading that somewhere.
:D
Osotogary
03-25-05, 09:01 PM
No, it was Olaf the chimp from the San Diego Zoo! LMAO
cadetat6
03-28-05, 01:28 PM
30+ TARZAN'S
Re: TARZAN
Posted on: 3/25/2005 1:29:38 PM
This list is from Wikipedia.Org/ and seems to be quite extensive:
Movies
Gordon Griffith 1918 (young Tarzan)
Elmo Lincoln 1918, 1918, 1921 (called the "first" Tarzan, but Gordon Griffith appears first in the film as his younger self)
Gene Pollar 1920
P. Dempsey Tabler 1920
James Pierce 1927
Frank Merrill 1928, 1929
Johnny Weissmuller 1932, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
Buster Crabbe 1933
Herman Brix later billed as Bruce Bennett 1935, 1938
Glen Morris 1938
Lex Barker 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Clint Walker 1954 (uncredited, in "Jungle Gents," a Bowery Boys movie)
Gordon Scott 1955, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1960
Denny Miller 1959
Jock Mahoney 1962, 1963
Ron Ely 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Mike Henry 1966, 1967, 1968
Miles O'Keeffe 1981
Christophe Lambert 1984
Casper Van Dien 1998
Tony Goldwyn 1999 (voice of animated Tarzan)
Alex D. Linz 1999 (voice of young animated Tarzan)
Radio
James Pierce 1932-1934
Carlton KaDell 1934-1936
Lamont Johnson 1950-1951
TV
Gordon Scott 1958
Ron Ely 1966
Joe Lara 1989
Wolf Larson 1991
Travis Fimmel 2003
Lex Barker had a good run as Lord of the Jungle during the early 1950's, as did Gordon Scott for the remainder of that decade. But Johnny Weissmuller is still the undisputed, predominant actor in that role.
I BELIEVE THE LITTLE CHEETA WAS PLAYED BY ACTOR ROBERT PADILLA, WHO ALSO WENT ON TO BE IN THE MOVIE AMERICAN GRAFFITI.